Namco Bandai Taking Reigns on Next Smash Bros Game

<p>Nintendo has announced that Namco Bandai will be taking the helm on the next <em>Super Smash Bros&period;<&sol;em> Game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game is being developed for the 3DS and the Wii and is being co-developed by Nintendo and Namco Bandai&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Masaya Kobayashi&comma; producer at Namco Bandai&comma; has said he has put together a &&num;8220&semi;never-before-seen dream team for this project&&num;8221&semi;&comma; which includes key designers&comma; artists and audio developers who have worked on game series such as <em>Mobile Suit Gundam<&sol;em> and <em>SoulCalibur<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The main development staff from the<em> Tekken<&sol;em> fighting series has also been recruited to the team&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While the team has been put together&comma; the release date is some time off&period; Masahiro Sakurai&comma; director of the <em>Smash Bros&period;<&sol;em> Series has stated that the team will &&num;8220&semi;stay quiet until I have something solid to show you&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The project has just gotten started&period; Bear in mind that not only are we developing two titles simultaneously&comma; but we announced the project before we even started actual development&comma; so I&&num;8217&semi;m afraid we will likely have to keep you waiting for quite a while&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;354948&sol;tekken-team-enlisted-for-new-super-smash-bros-development&sol;&quest;cid&equals;OTC-RSS&amp&semi;attr&equals;CVG-General-RSS&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;dlvr&period;it&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter">CVG<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;